Adjustable Connector Power Module for Compact Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional power modules occupy significant space due to standard sizes, limiting their integration in compact designs, and require tailored solutions for each application, which is inefficient in terms of resources and verification.
Innovation Solution
A power module design featuring a supporting layer with protruding components and adjustable connectors that can attach to external components, allowing for customizable positioning and use in confined spaces by varying the height of connectors to match available space dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If power modules use standard sizes for connectors and components, then manufacturing and integration are simplified, but the modules occupy significant space and cannot be integrated in compact designs
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is designed with an adjustable height feature, allowing it to be configured in different positions along its longitudinal axis. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the same power module to adapt to various space constraints and mounting configurations, resolving the contradiction between maintaining standard sizes and reducing occupied space.
Solution Approach 2:
The height parameter of the connector is made variable through the adjustment mechanism. By changing this physical parameter, the power module can be adapted to different application requirements without modifying the core module design, thus reducing volume while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If power modules are customized for each specific application, then they can fit precise space requirements, but design and verification resources are inefficiently used
Solution Approach 1:
The power module employs a universal connector design with adjustment capabilities that can accommodate multiple application scenarios. This single standardized module design can be adapted to various space requirements through connector positioning, eliminating the need for custom designs for each application while maintaining manufacturing efficiency and verification consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustable connector provides dynamic configuration options that allow one standardized module design to serve multiple application-specific needs. This eliminates redundant customization work while still achieving application-tailored fit, improving design and verification efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If connectors are made longer to reach external components, then connectivity is achieved in compact designs, but the overall module height increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connector's height is made dynamically adjustable rather than fixed. This allows the connector to be positioned at optimal lengths for different mounting scenarios, achieving connectivity without unnecessarily increasing module height. The adjustment mechanism enables the connector to reach external components only as far as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The physical parameter of connector length/height is made variable. By adjusting this parameter based on specific mounting requirements, the system achieves connectivity while minimizing the overall module height, avoiding the permanent increase that would result from using consistently longer connectors.
Data Source
AI summary
A power module (100) arranged to receive an input voltage and to deliver an output voltage, comprising a supporting layer (110) with first and second main surfaces (111, 109) and a rim (122) surrounding the main surfaces. The power module (100) also comprises at least one component (112, 113, 114, 115) on or in the supporting layer (110) which protrudes a first perpendicular distance (d1) from one of the main surfaces. The power module (100) additionally comprises connectors (116-119; 120-123) for attaching the power module (100) to an external component (10). The one or more connectors (116-119; 120-123) protrude a second distance (d2) from said rim (122) in a perpendicular direction from one of the main surfaces (111, 109), so that the at least one component is at a predefined distance (d4, d5) from the external component (10) when the power module is attached to the external component (10).